Rupert Murdoch's newspaper scandal Spreads

LONDON - The case of telephone tapping scandal which made the News of the World spread to other Rupert Murdoch's media network. Yesterday, reports surfaced that former British prime minister Gordon Brown and the royal family also became the target of media octopus.

Brown told the BBC stated, News International has been using "known criminals" to obtain personal information when Labour came to power. According to the newspaper group has a relationship with the "underground crime world."
He also accused the Sunday Times inadvertently broadcast the news about his personal details in order to drop it when he became minister.

Brown accusations leveled a week after allegations of phone tapping carried out the News of the World. Weekly tabloid was accused of using a private investigator to steal a mobile phone messages belong to schoolchildren who were victims of homicide, Milly Dowler.

Brown said, when he served as finance minister Sunday Times made headlines stating that he bought a flat owned by Robert Maxwell with a "bargain price" when the news was "totally untrue". According to Brown's newspaper forced "to try to prove" with the aim to overthrow him.

Tear Drop

Former prime minister also said he had "shed tears" when he received news from a reporter that News International newspapers The Sun has the complete information about health conditions his son, Fraser, who developed the disease cystic fibrosis. Brown wants the information is not published.
"Me and Sarah (his wife) was shocked to hear that, we think about their future, we think of the family," Brown said.

A spokesman for Brown said, Brown found out he was targeted after being told police wiretapping. According to him, police told Brown that a private detective named Glenn Mulcaire employed by News International has been tapping his phone. The detective also access a bank account owned by Brown when he served as finance minister.

In addition to Brown, the British royal family are also not spared from the shooting Murdoch's media giant. They are also suspected to be a soft target the News of the World, the British weekly tabloid which closed last weekend.
Responding to reports that News International yesterday issued a brief statement requesting information related to Brown's claims.

"We criticize all the allegations made today about reports related to Gordon Brown. That way we can investigate the matter further. We ask for all information related to the charges given to us,''the statement said.

Although the statement was unable to stop the storms that swept the media company Murdoch. The government of Prime Minister David Cameron announced yesterday that Murdoch's bid to take over BSkyB will be redirected to the UK competition commission.